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Government
WSJ: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Under Unprecedented Security Measures
DID Press: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is moving between heavily guarded palaces equipped with bunkers and is protected by a specially selected security team amid escalating regional threats, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Citing officials familiar…
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Government
Arab League to Hold Emergency Meeting on Protection of Palestinians
DID Press: The League of Arab States will hold an emergency meeting of its permanent representatives on Tuesday, October 13, to discuss measures for providing international protection for Palestinians and safeguarding Jerusalem’s legal status under international law. The meeting was…
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Government
Two Pakistani Army Pilots Killed in Training Aircraft Crash in Quetta
DID Press: Two Pakistani Army pilots were killed on Monday after a Mushshak training aircraft crashed near Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, the military said.Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media wing, said the aircraft belonging to Pakistan…
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Afghanistan
Taliban IM, EU Envoy Discuss Cooperation and Regional Stability
DID Press: Sirajuddin Haqqani, Taliban administration’s interior minister, has met with Thomas Frellesen, the European Union’s special envoy for Afghanistan, to discuss expanding engagement between the two sides, Afghanistan’s security situation and regional stability. According to information released by the…
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Afghanistan
UN Expert Says Pakistani Attacks on Afghan Civilians May Constitute War Crimes
DID Press: Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, has said Pakistani airstrikes that kill Afghan civilians may constitute war crimes and called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to examine the…
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Afghanistan
Pakistan Claims More Than 20,000 Militants Are Based in Afghanistan
DID Press: Pakistan’s Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Attaullah Tarar, has claimed that more than 20,000 members of armed groups are present in Afghanistan, including approximately 6,000 members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Tarar said the groups were based in…
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan Futsal Team Travels to Brazil for International Tournament
DID Press: Afghanistan’s national futsal team has travelled to Brazil to compete in an international futsal tournament after completing a training camp in Iran. The six-team tournament will run from October 12 to 18, with Afghanistan set to face Japan…
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Afghanistan
WFP: Afghan Unskilled Workers’ Purchasing Power Falls 25% in One Year
DID Press: The purchasing power of unskilled workers in Afghanistan fell by 25 percent in the first week of October compared with the same period last year, as declining employment opportunities, lower wages and rising food prices continued to put…
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Afghanistan
Five Years of Isolation and Reversal: Assessing Taliban Rule on International Day of the Girl
DID Press: As the world marks the International Day of the Girl, attention has once again turned to one of the region’s most pressing human rights and education crises. Five years have passed since the Taliban returned to power in…
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Afghanistan
Taliban: Pakistani Military Circles Are Obstructing Talks With Afghanistan
DID Press: Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Taliban, has accused some Pakistani military circles of obstructing negotiations and making it more difficult to resolve disputes between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Mujahid criticised what he described as the role of certain military…
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